1. Careers in Forestry
Day 2

2. Bell Work What percentage of PA is covered with forests?
Do you think forests are important to PA’s economy?

5. Objectives Discuss career possibilities in Forestry
Describe skills required for Forestry occupations
List educational requirement for careers in Forestry

6. List of Occupations
Accountant • Appraiser • Arborist • Botanical Farmer • Broker • Christmas Tree Farmer • Community Educator • Community Project Manager • Cooperative Extension Specialist • Ecologist • Elementary School Teacher • Executive Director • Forest Pathologist • Forester • Fund Raiser or Resource Developer • GIS Professional • Grant Administrator • Grant Writer • Groundskeeper • High School Teacher • Landscape Architect • Landscape Contractor • Landscape Designer or Garden Consultant • Lawyer • Legislator • Lumber Harvester • Lumber Miller • Nature Photographer • Nursery Owner or Manager • Park Planner • Park Supervisor • Professor • Researcher • Salesperson • Silviculturist • Social Forester • Soil Scientist • Special Forest Products Entrepreneur • Transportation Engineer • Tree Inventory Technician • Tree Rentals • Tree Service • Tree Technician • Urban Forester • Urban Planner • Utility Arborist or Forester • Volunteer • Wildland Fire Manager • Wildland Restoration • Writer

7. Your Task! Create a poster on 8 x 11 paper! It must included
1. Occupation – As a title heading – 5 pts
2. Job Description – 5 pts
3. Skills Needed to complete job – 5 pts, 1 for each skill
4. Education Needed – 5 pts
5. Number of these jobs in Pennsylvania – 5 pts
6. Sources for the poster – listed on the back- 5 pts
Total score for poster 30 points!
Must be neat and creative!

8. Gallery Walk and Reflection
For your gallery walk, please take a pencil and paper along so you can write down 2-3 careers that interest you.
When you return to your seat, pull out a blank sheet of paper and write down the careers that interested you.
Describe why the career interested you and what steps you would need to take to work in that job in the future.